It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised by sobriety. [Thomas de Quincy, "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater," 1856]

Related: Disguised; disguising.

n.

c.1400, "strange style of dress" (especially one meant to deceive), from disguise (v.).